The often-controversial Northwest Side alderman is trying to shake off questions about his fitness to win a second term.
Megan Mathias, left, and Ald. Jim Gardiner will face off for the 45th Ward seat in April's runoff election.
Now he’s trying to find a few hundred more votes to win a second term in the runoff, while opponent Megan Mathias is joining with other candidates who challenged Gardiner to try to convince residents they don’t want another four years of someone with his temperament and policies representing their interests at City Hall.The race has hinged in significant part on questions about Gardiner’s fitness.
“Because Gardiner is in a runoff, he also has work to do,” she said. “We believe that people who supported other campaigns are consolidating behind me, and so we basically have to continue our voter contact efforts so people know what we’re about.”— released a statement Thursday pledging to help take Gardiner down.Ex-aide to embattled Ald.
Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas got 52.3% of the vote in the new 45th Ward in February in a field of nine candidates, according to the Chicago Board of Elections. Gardiner could benefit in the runoff if lots of Vallas supporters cast ballots in the ward.Mathias lives in a part of the Old Irving Park neighborhood that was cut out of the new ward.
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